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Tlic nest of this nol)le species is ahvays devour putrid flesh only Avhen hard pressed 
placed on sui itiaccessihle shelf of some rug- I)y liuufrcr, none alighting on carrion at 
ged predpiec ; — never, that I am aware of, anytime. ***** 
OH a tree. It is of great size, flat, and They do not ohtain the full beauty of 
eons ists merely of a few dead stkics and their plumage until the fourth year, the 
hranil)les, so bare at times that the eggs Ring-tailed Eagle of authors being the 
nu'gliL be said to be deposited on the naked young in the dress of the second and third 
rock. Tbey arc geucrully two, sometimes years. Our north-westeru Indians arc fond 
three, having a length of ;3i inches, and a of ornamenting their persons and implements 
diameter at the broadest part of 2^. Tlic of war Avith the tail-feathers of this Eagle, 
shell is thick and smooth, dull white, brusli- which they kill expressly for that purpose, 
cd over, as it were, with undefined patch- Icoucludemyaccountof this species with 
c-s of brown, which are most numerous at an anecdote relating to it given in one of 
the larger end. The period at which they Dr. Rush's lectures upon the eflTects of fear 
are dept)sited, is the end of February or on man. During the revolutionary war, 
fclie beginning of March. I liave never seen a company of soldiers were stationed near 
the young when newly liatched, but know the highlands of the Hudson river. A Gol- 
t^mt they do not leave the nest luitil nearly den Eagle had placed her nest in a eh^ft o'' 
ubie to provide for themselves, when their the rocks half way between the summit and 
parents drive them off from tl»eir lionie, and the river. A soldier was let down by his 
finally from their hunting grounds. A pair companions suspended by a rope fastened 
'of these birds bred on the rocky shores of arouud his body. AVheu be reache l t-ie 
'Uie Hudson for eight successive years, and nest, he suddenly found himself attiicked by 
.in the same chasm of the rock. the Eagle ; in self-defense he drew the only 
Their notes are harsh and sharp, rcsem- >veapon about him, his knife, and jnadc 
hling at times the barking of a dog, espeo- repeated passes at the bird, when accideiit- 
'Jally aboiit the breeding season, when they ally lie cut the rope almost off. It began 
'Ix'conie extremely noisy aud turbulent, fly- unraveling; those above hastily drew him 
ing more swiftly than at other times, a- up, and relieved him from his perilon-^ sil- 
h'ghting more frequently, and evincing a fret- uation at the moment when lie expected lo 
fnlness which is not so observable after be precipitated to the bottom; Tlie Doctor 
Iheir eggs are laid. They are capable of stated tliat so powerful was the effect of fear 
remaining without food Ibr sevei'al days at the soldier had experitincetl wliilst in da.i- 
a time, and eat voraciously whenever they | gcr, that ere three days bad elapr^ed Ids 
find an opportunity. Young fawns, rac- hair became quite gray. 
coons, hares, wild turkeys, and other large John J. Arnrr.oN. 
birds, arc their usual food ; and they 
PAIEMOUKT PAEK ZOOLOGICAL GASDEN, 
We shall publish monthly a list of the birds and birds' 
eggs received at the Zoological Garden of Philadelphia. 
The following is a list of 
Ornithological Aiirivals for the Month of Octobku. 
7 Crested Curassows, Crax aledor, Hab. South America. 
4 Yellow-fronted Amazons, Ghrijsotla ochrone.phala. ITab. Guiana. 
1 Blue-fronted Amazon, C. amazoniea, llab. South America. 
2 Yellow-cheeked Anmzons, G, aittumnoUs. Ilab. Honduras. 
1 Little Tinamou, Tinamus pileaius, ILib. South America. 
